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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We like it OK - -one of the big three -- and our DC seems to like it, though he's very easy going.  One thing that bothers us, which we'd never see at DC public (and I doubt we'd see at a school with some religious affiliation), is the overt and trying-too-hard gay-friendliness -- e.g., the recent giant posters announcing "National Coming Out Week" along with books about gay teenagers in the library.  The designated gay-friendly "safe-places."  The assemblies with facilitators "having a conversation with the students" about diversity and acceptance of gay/lesbians.  It's just so inappropriate, in my opinion, to have such things in the presence of young children.  I'm not homophobic - -I just don't want my 3rd grader to encounter such things yet, but the school forces it on them -- on all kids. [/quote]

I don't know--you just may not realize how hurtful the environment can be in the absence of overt sensitivity training. I recently heard some really egregious comments from some 6th and 7th grade boys on the sidelines of a soccer game about a kids' "two-moms"--Two of the boys were shouting heinous things at one kid who was playing in the game. I could NOT believe how bad it was and I called out one of the kids doing it, and he stopped right in his tracks. Other kids joined in with e in chastising the kid. This was at a public middle school where "respectfulness about gay lifestyles" is not taught AT ALL. If nothing else, it was definitely a teachable moment for all kids present (including mine, though they were kind of mortified that I, as their Mom, was disciplining other kids in public.) I don't care--gay-bashing is just NOT ok with me, ever.[/quote]

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